11/06/2009 Weakest Link

Here are the nine contestants preparing for today's show.

Only one will win up to £10,000.

The others will leave with nothing when voted off as the Weakest Link.

Welcome to the Weakest Link.

Any of the nine people in the studio here today could win up to £10,000.

They've only just met, but to get the prize money must work together.

However, eight will leave with nothing as, round by round, we lose the player voted the Weakest Link.

Let's meet the team.

I'm Paul, I'm 40, I live in Warrington and I'm a police officer.

I'm Janet, I'm 71, from Frome in Somerset, and I'm a part-time carer.

I'm Gary, I'm 51, I'm from Leeds and I'm an HR manager.

I'm Cat, I'm 21, from Kent and I'm a PA.

I'm Chris, I'm 19, from Colchester, and I'm a politics student.

I'm Ruth, I'm 38, from Newton Grange and I'm a freelance stage manager.

I'm Jack, I'm 22, from Gloucester, and I work in a bar.

I'm Sue, aged 46, from Jersey, a patchwork teacher.

I'm Stuart, I'm 34, from Newport and I'm a train driver.

OK, just to remind you, in each round there's £1,000 to be won.

The fastest way is to create a chain of nine correct answers.

Break the chain and you lose all the money. Say, "Bank!" first and the money is safe.

Round 1 - 3 minutes on the clock. We'll start with the person who is first alphabetically.

That's you, Cat. Let's play the Weakest Link.

The first question is for £20. Start the clock.

In citrus fruits, the skin of a ripe lemon is typically which primary colour?

-Yellow.

-In marital customs, which of the two principals at a traditional wedding

usually carries a bouquet and sometimes wears a veil?

-That'll be the bride.

-During periods of dry weather, hoses and sprinklers are used to distribute which liquid?

-Water.

-The Channel Islands are nearer to which country - China or France?

-France.

-The vast majority of plural nouns end in which letter of the alphabet?

-S.

-The popular video game which was launched in arcades in 1978 is called what Invaders?

-Space Invaders.

-Correct. What G is the most common term for a young goose?

-Gosling.

-In charity fundraising, a sale of goods that are donated by members of a community

and then purchased by others is called a bring and what?

-Buy sale.

-Bank!

-According to the rhyme, which month has 28 days clear and 29 in each leap year?

-February.

-The Bay City Rollers had a UK hit single in 1974 entitled what -

Shang-a-lang or Bing-a-bong?

-Shang-a-lang?

-Correct.

In maths, what is 10 plus 40?

-50.

-In the home, a saucepan and a toaster are generally used in which room of a house?

-Kitchen.

-In cinema, the Oscar-winning actress born in Los Angeles in 1975

who has become world-famous is known as Angelina who?

-Jolie.

-Correct. Sue...

-Bank!

What kept you? You won £1,000, but you had a chain of 13 correct answers.

Who banked too soon? Who thinks osmosis is a Turkish footballer?

Who sticks out like Brucie's chin? Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

In an impressive first round, Jack is the Strongest Link.

Statistically, the Weakest Link is Stuart, but who will be the first to take the Walk of Shame?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Stuart.

Chris.

-Jack.

-Gary.

Gary.

Jack.

Gary.

Gary.

Jack.

-Jack, how do you think you did in that last round?

-None wrong.

-Did you do everything right?

-I try.

-So when it came to you the second time, did you look up?

-I didn't.

-No. If you had, what would you have seen?

-An opportunity to bank.

If you'd banked, they would have reached the target. Have you not seen the game on television?

-I don't spend much daytime TV watching.

-What do you do?

-Get out the house as much as possible.

-Have you got a job?

-I have. I work behind a bar.

-Do you?

-Is that a life's ambition?

-Not really.

-What about your career?

-Don't know. Haven't thought about it.

-You're not going to university?

-Been there, done that.

-So what'll you do now you're a barman?

-It's just part-time to keep the bills paid.

-So what plans have you got?

-None. Just see how life goes.

-Really?

-I'm only guessing, but how do your parents feel about that?

-I'd really not wish to answer on that one!

-Why Gary?

-Em...

It's the first round. I don't really know him that well. It was just pick a name, really.

-What do you do, Cat?

-I'm a PA.

-Who to?

-I've got one main boss and I work for other directors, too.

-What's the main boss called?

-Jonathan.

-And what does Jonathan's wife think of you?

She's a lovely lady. I think she quite likes me.

-Yes...

-There's nothing not to like.

-Oh, I don't know, if you're the boss's wife.

-Do you see to all his needs?

-His professional needs, organising the diary, yes.

-When he's tired, do you rub his back?

-Not quite, no. His wife does that.

-Why Gary?

Purely because he banked too early. Nothing personal.

-What do you do, Sue?

-I'm a patchwork teacher.

-That'll pull us out of the recession(!)

-Where do you teach that?

-The adult education centre in Jersey.

-Is it easy to learn patchwork?

-It depends on how good your teacher is.

-OK.

-How long does it take to learn?

-A couple of terms,

but my ladies keep coming back because they enjoy the social side.

So when they've all become qualified at patchwork, what do they do next?

-More.

-More patchwork?

-More patchwork. More buying fabric. It keeps the economy going.

-Why Gary?

-He banked early and we could have got to the £1,000 quicker.

Gary, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

It wasn't a complete surprise to see my name on some boards

because I realised that by banking I stood out from the crowd.

I voted for Jack. He failed to bank when we'd already got the £1,000.

I thought that was a heinous crime.

Round 2 and you have £1,000. We'll take 10 seconds off your time.

We'll start with the Strongest Link. That's Jack. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

In the cartoon series Roobarb, what is the name of the cat?

-Pass.

-Custard. What O is the name of the capital of Norway?

-Oslo.

-In the UK military, Admiral of the Fleet is a senior rank in which of the main forces?

-The navy.

-The average adult human heart beats how many times a minute - 27 or 72?

-72.

-Correct.

At the end of a game of football, the most outstanding player is often called the Man of the what?

-Match.

-Correct.

-Bank!

What is the general name for the type of mountain that erupts with molten rock, magma and ash?

-Volcano.

-What P is the name of the electrical attachment of which three-pin is the most common type?

-Plug.

-At a petrol station, which name for the area surrounding the pumps

indicates that it is in front of the building?

-Foyer.

-Forecourt.

The male Emperor penguin incubates the egg laid by his partner

by supporting it for 64 days on his head or...

-Feet.

-The song Another Way To Die, the theme tune to the 2008 film Quantum of Solace,

-is a duet between Jack White and which female singer?

-Pass.

Alicia Keys. What C describes a wall built with an enclosed inner space to provide thermal insulation?

-Cavity.

-Correct. At UK holiday camps, the alliterative name of one poolside competition

was the what knees contest?

-Knobbly.

-Correct. Which five-letter word can refer to a magic spell, an object carried for good luck

and a small trinket on a bracelet?

-Charm.

-When judging the output of a worker, the so-called "two Qs" are quality and what?

-Quantity?

-Correct.

-Bank!

-In the 1970s, the Swedish tennis player Bjorn Borg

was noted for wearing frilly knickers or a headband?

-Headband.

-The best-selling novel by Dan Brown, first published in 2000, is entitled Angels and what?

-Demons.

-In text messaging, which word is often abbreviated to the letters "gr" followed by "8"?

-Great.

-Correct.

-Bank!

The three-word catchphrase used by Blue Peter's John Noakes to tell his collie to behave

was, "Get down..." who?

-Shep.

-Correct.

-Bank.

What H is a small, hand-held instrument, used to play the blues?

-Harmonica.

-Correct. Paul...

Time's up. You won £520, but you had a chain of nine correct answers.

You could have hit the target again. Who's wearing their "Genius at work" t-shirt inside out?

Who's having a picnic on the javelin field? Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

With the most correct answers, Stuart is the Strongest Link.

Ruth is, statistically, the Weakest Link, but will the voting reflect reality?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Ruth.

Ruth.

Stuart.

Ruth.

Sue.

Cat.

Jack.

Paul.

-What do you do, Chris?

-I'm a student.

-Where?

-Essex University.

-And what are you studying?

-Law and politics.

-What will you do after university?

-I want to become a solicitor.

-Do you? What are you good at that'll make you an excellent solicitor?

-Well, I'm in the debating society...

-Are you?

-..so I've got a bit of practice...

-Oh, good.

-..in arguing. Yeah, I...

-If you could just listen instead of talk for a minute,

what I'd like you to do...

The motion is: is it perfectly all right for Jack to throw up his education,

live at home for nothing and be a barman?

It's perfectly all right. It's Jack's choice and his own life and he should live it.

And let's try you on the motion that patchwork is a constructive way to spend one's time.

Once again, it's her choice. She's doing a job she enjoys. Who's to judge her?

-Why Ruth?

-Well, she hesitated and then she got the question wrong.

-OK.

-It's a tough choice, but that's the way it went, unfortunately.

-It's YOUR choice, isn't it, Chris?

-Yes, since I so strongly advocated choice.

-So, PC Paul...

-Hello, Anne.

-What kind of police officer are you?

-On the streets.

-A bobby on the beat where?

-Warrington.

-Do you do any good works?

-All the time.

-Like what?

-Arresting people.

-But in the community, apart from arresting people.

-Crime prevention.

-Yeah?

-As in the elderly, the vulnerable.

OK, where do you go to do that?

-Wherever. If they've got a group.

-Like what?

-A bingo group.

-So you go to the bingo hall?

-I do. And when I go there, I give them advice, reassurance,

-crime prevention material.

-If they win the bingo,

isn't it part of the fun that on the way home they get mugged?

Well, if they normally win, it's only a tin of chocolates.

-The thief doesn't know that.

-No.

-This is where they get my advice to go home in couples...

-Yes.

Cos obviously two old ladies are well up to five Warrington lads wanting their handbags.

-That would help, wouldn't it?

-I show them self-defence techniques.

So two old ladies are going home from bingo and there's five lads after their handbags.

-Because of your self-defence, what would they be doing?

-Well, it's highly unlikely...

-Run very fast?

-Is that one of your pieces of advice?

-Kick them where it hurts.

-So there's five of them. That's quite a lot of kicking!

-The old ladies are fit and active.

-Why Ruth?

-She did hesitate and she did get a question wrong.

Ruth, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

In that round, three of us got a question wrong,

but the other two both banked money, so I was the Weakest Link and I would have voted for myself!

Round 3 and you have £1,520. Another 10 seconds off the time.

We'll start with Stuart. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

The part of the army known as the cavalry rode what animal into battle?

-Horses.

-The wind called the Cape Doctor, once believed to get rid of disease and pollution,

blows to the south of which continent?

-Africa.

-The road sign that comprises a red car and a black car side by side in a red circle

means no what?

-Entry.

-Overtaking.

The 2005 gangster film directed by Guy Ritchie was called Musket or Revolver?

-Revolver.

-In maths, what is a dozen multiplied by a score?

-Er, pass.

-240.

Diego Maradona scored his first international goal in 1979

and in 2008 managed his first international match against which country of the UK?

-Manchester Utd.

-Scotland.

What I is the term for a person who supervises candidates while they sit an examination?

-Invigilator.

-In Private Eye magazine, a column of wrong answers to questions on TV quiz shows

is called Dumb what?

-Pass.

-Britain. In chess, if checkmate refers to a winning position,

what corresponding word refers to a position whereby the game is drawn?

-Pass.

-Stalemate. Sticky Fingers, Exile On Main Street and Goat's Head Soup were all UK number one albums

in the 1970s for which group?

-Pass.

-Rolling Stones.

The term spraints is most commonly applied to the droppings of badgers or otters?

-Otters.

-The actress who joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1964

and entered Parliament as an MP in 1992 is Glenda who?

-Er, Robertson?

-Jackson.

What's the six-letter name for water ice flavoured with fruit juice and sugar, served as a frozen dessert?

-Pass.

-Sorbet.

In the expressions "a slap on the wrist" and "a slap on the back", which represents a reprimand?

-Slap.

-No, a slap on the wrist.

In 1745, the 25-year-old member of the Stuart dynasty who led the doomed Jacobite rebellion

was Bonnie Prince who?

-Charlie.

-Correct.

-Bank!

What B is a plant disease of which one of the best known examples affects potatoes?

-Pass.

-Blight. In newspapers, the practice of obtaining...

Time's up and you won just £20. Who's bathing in the fountain of knowledge and who's drowning?

Who's as safe as houses and who's as safe as banks?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

The only player with all her answers right, Cat is the Strongest Link.

Statistically, the Weakest Link is Janet, but who will the team want off?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Sue.

Chris.

Jack.

Jack.

Chris.

Janet.

Janet.

We have a three-way tie, team. Jack, Janet and Chris have two votes each.

-Stuart, where are you from?

-Newport in South Wales.

-And what do you do?

-I drive trains.

-Are they Welsh trains?

-Partly Welsh, the ones I drive, but they can be any part of the UK.

Oh. Wouldn't you prefer to drive Welsh trains?

-They seem to be much nicer.

-Do they?

-Where do your trains go to?

-I could say unfortunately, but we do go into England.

-Do you?

-Yes.

-How many of you does it take to drive a train?

-Just one.

-So you're all on your own.

-Yeah.

-What radio do you listen to?

-Can't listen to radios.

-Why? Cos you're Welsh?

-It's nothing to do mentally, but you can't be distracted.

-Cos you're Welsh.

-Well, if you think that's a distraction.

-Why Janet?

Cos she got three questions wrong, I believe, in that round.

-What do you do, Janet?

-I'm really retired.

I've retired twice, but I keep going back to work as a carer.

-How old are you?

-I'm 71, Anne.

-That must be difficult.

-Not really. I have a lot in common with the older people.

-That's what I mean.

-How do they know at the home which one is the carer?

-Well, sometimes they might be confused!

-Yeah.

-But it's fine. I can remember things they remember.

-I'm the same age group as some.

-Yeah.

-There are a lot older than me.

-What do you do with the old people?

-Mostly I do an activity session once a week.

That's sort of like games to help their memory.

-Like what?

-Em, quiz games, word games.

-Couldn't you make up your own games?

-I do try sometimes.

You could put them in their wheelchairs and send them down a hill to see who gets there fastest.

We could do that! We did have a wheelchair race once.

-And that would get rid of a few.

-Anne, I want to keep them!

-Why Chris?

-Because I thought Chris got one wrong.

Chris, for someone studying politics, how come you don't know the name of a famous MP?

-I just kind of froze.

-You kind of froze?

-Yeah, my mind kind of drew a mental blank.

-That won't be any good when you're a solicitor, will it?

No, I don't think it will.

But that was your choice, wasn't it, Chris?

Yes, Anne, I think it was.

-Why Jack?

-Well, he hesitated and then he passed.

And it's a hard choice,

but that's the one I made,

-keeping with the theme of choice here.

-Shut up.

When the vote's tied, the Strongest Link has to cast the deciding vote and that was Cat.

-Why did you vote for Jack?

-As Chris said, he did hesitate and he passed a question as well.

A few people got questions wrong, but he stood out.

-You can stick with Jack or move to Chris or Janet.

-I'll stick with Jack. Sorry.

Jack, you've probably heard this at home. You are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

My banter with Anne, I tried to keep things short and sweet and not really dig myself a hole.

But Anne in her wicked ways always seems to get the shovel out.

Round 4. In the bank, £1,540. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the Strongest Link - that's Cat. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

What name is given to a machine that converts a document into an electronic signal,

transmits it and produces a hard copy at the other end?

-Printer.

-A fax.

The children's TV adventure series first shown in 2007 about a group of teenage spies is called MI what?

-High.

-In ceramics, the creamy mixture of clay and water used to decorate pottery before firing

is known as slip or slide?

-Slip.

-In astronomy, Ganymede, Europa and Callisto

are all moons that orbit which planet?

-Saturn.

-Jupiter.

In sport, the heavyweight boxer who became world champion in 1962

by defeating Floyd Patterson was Sonny who?

-Liston.

-In film, what D is the title of the drama released in the UK in 2009,

starring Philip Seymour Hoffman as a priest and Meryl Streep as a nun?

-Pass.

-Doubt.

Which large organ directly beneath the diaphragm and next to the stomach

regulates blood sugar levels and rids the body of toxins?

-Pancreas.

-Liver. In heraldry, of the two vertical halves of a flag,

the one further away from the staff is called the fly or the wasp?

-Fly.

-In politics, between 1961 and 1971,

the Burmese diplomat U Thant was the Secretary-General of which international organisation?

-The United Nations.

-Bank!

-The number on a North American roulette wheel

that does not appear on a standard European one is the double what?

-Zero.

-Bank!

-Under the 1974 boundary changes,

the towns of Didcot, Abingdon and Wantage moved from Berkshire to which shire county?

-Oxfordshire.

-In law enforcement,

members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are known by what abbreviated name?

-Mounties.

-Bank!

-In dining etiquette, a two-word French salutation often said before a meal is "bon" what?

-Appetit.

-In physics, what P is the term for a triangular block of glass

that splits a beam of white light into the colours of the spectrum?

-Prism.

-Bank!

-The 2004 film starring Renee Zellweger that was dubbed BJ2 in the British press

has the full title, Bridget Jones, The Edge Of what?

-Reason.

-Bank!

-In cartoons, characters frequently attempt to avoid falling asleep

by propping up their eyelids with drumsticks or matchsticks?

-Matchsticks.

-Bank!

-Which long-running play...

Time's up. You won £210. You had a chain of nine correct answers.

So who's a fan of failure?

Who's a disciple of disappointment? Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

Cat goes from being the Strongest Link in the last round to the Weakest Link in this.

The Strongest Link statistically is Sue, but how will the votes go?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Janet.

Stuart.

Janet.

Sue.

Cat.

Janet.

-Paul, why Janet?

-I believe she was the Weakest Link, Anne.

-Cat, did you think she was the Weakest Link?

-It was either me or Janet, so I can't vote for myself.

Janet, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I don't feel I did too badly. I wasn't expecting to get to the end.

I had a wonderful time. Round 4 is not too bad.

Three went before me that I thought looked a lot more clever than I am, so...not too bad.

Round 5. Your total is £1,750. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the Strongest Link - that's Sue. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

What name is given to the alloy of tin and lead that is used to join together two pieces of metal?

-Solder.

-In politics, the former Tory Chancellor once described as a "pie, pint and Panatella" man

because of his love of beer and cigars is Kenneth who?

-Clarke.

-Bank!

In maths, what is 164 divided by 2?

-82.

-In tourism, which American term for one of the four seasons

is commonly used to refer to the best time to view the foliage in New England?

-Fall.

-In TV, the sitcom Extras first shown in 2005

was co-written by which comedian who also played the part of the actor Andy Millman?

-Ricky Gervais.

-In language, the rhyme used to aid spelling

is "I before E except after" which letter of the alphabet?

-C.

-Bank!

-In nature, mussels found in British rivers sometimes contain which precious items?

Opals or pearls?

-Pearls.

-In finance, the Nikkei 225 is an indicator

of share prices on the stock market of which city?

-New York.

-Tokyo.

In pop music, in 1984, the singer Mick Hucknall formed which group?

-Simply Red.

-In transport, what Z was the name of a type of German airship used in the early 20th century?

-Zeppelin.

-In Christianity in England,

the line from the Lord's Prayer in the Book of Common Prayer is, "Forgive us our" what?

-Trespasses.

-In children's toys,

the dolls that were the subject of a craze in 1983

were known as Cabbage Patch Kids or Olive Grove Girls?

-Cabbage Patch Kids.

-Bank!

Since 1994, the organisation that processes applications

for full-time undergraduate courses at UK universities and colleges has been known by what acronym?

-Pass.

-UCAS. In football, the only member of a team allowed to touch the ball with his hands

when it is in play is the one in which position?

-Goal.

-In cinema, the actor Nicolas Cage is what relation to the director Francis Ford Coppola?

-Nephew.

-Bank!

Time's up. Your "bank" was in time and you won £500.

But whose grey matter is bleached blonde?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

Paul is the Weakest Link because he gave the most wrong answers.

Stuart is statistically the Strongest Link, but whose game is over?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Cat.

Sue.

Paul.

Paul.

Paul.

Chris, why Paul?

I voted for Paul because he got a question wrong.

-Sue, why Paul?

-He got two questions wrong and I think he banked a bit early.

-We'd have probably got more money.

-Paul, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

I think Cat or Chris will be off next

because they're younger and maybe their general knowledge wouldn't be as good as the older players.

Round 6. In the bank, £2,250. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the Strongest Link - that's Stuart. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

In the social sciences, what D is the term for the statistical study of human populations?

-Pass.

-Demography.

In power transmission, the term used to describe an electricity cable

that makes it sound as though it is stretched too tight is high what?

-Voltage.

-Tension.

In art, between 1907 and 1914, Georges Braque worked closely with Pablo Picasso

to create which revolutionary style of painting?

-Modernism.

-Cubism.

The soft container on the back of a bicycle named after the seat to which it is usually fixed

is called a what bag?

-Saddle.

-An occasion of special significance is often referred to

as a red letter day or blue postcard day?

-Red letter day.

-In literature, the poem by TS Eliot,

written from the point of view of one of the wise men who visited Jesus, is Journey Of The what?

-Pass.

-Magi. In the British Isles,

which river is over 200 miles long and flows south through Shropshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire?

-Severn.

-In TV, the 2009 sitcom starring Roger Lloyd-Pack and Clive Swift as two elderly men

is called The Old what?

-Pass.

-Guys. In medicine, what "A" is the name of the condition

characterised by painful swelling and stiffness of the joints?

-Aches.

-Arthritis. In pop music, which 1995 UK hit single by Oasis begins,

"Today is gonna be the day that they're gonna throw it back to you"?

-Wonderwall.

-In the animal kingdom, the only non-human primate to live wild in Europe is found in Gibraltar

and is known as the what ape?

-Rock ape.

-Barbary ape. In cinema, the films Good Will Hunting and A Beautiful Mind

both feature main characters who excel at chemistry or maths?

-Chemistry.

-Maths.

In American politics, President Nixon resigned in 1974

because he had been implicated in the cover-up of which scandal?

-Pass.

-Watergate.

Time's up and you made absolutely no money whatsoever. So...

Should you put the Cat out?

Is Chris debatable? Has Sue been a bit patchy? Or maybe Stuart's been stuck at the stop signal?

Time to vote off the Weakest Link.

According to the statistics, Stuart is the Weakest Link.

Sue is the Strongest Link, but will the other players consider that when casting their votes?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Chris.

Sue.

Chris.

Chris.

-Stuart, why Chris?

-Well, we all had a very bad round that round.

And Chris was the first name that came into my head. I think he got quite a few wrong.

-Cat, why Chris?

-He did stick out to me as getting the most wrong. It wasn't a great round for anyone.

Chris, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

It was good meeting Anne, especially when she told me to shut up. All my friends do that.

I think she got the better of me and I probably won't live it down.

Round 7. In the bank, £2,250. Another ten seconds off the time.

We'll start with the Strongest Link - that's Sue. Let's play the Weakest Link. Start the clock.

In UK measurements, which imperial unit of weight is equivalent to 112 pounds?

-A ton.

-A hundredweight.

A loaf of white bread called a challah is baked to celebrate the Sabbath in which major faith?

-Judaism.

-In literary pets, in the novel Oliver Twist,

what B is the name of the dog belonging to the villain Bill Sikes?

-Bouncer.

-Bull's Eye.

In a common phrase, someone whose circumstances have changed

and now has a lower status or earns less money is downwardly what?

-Mobile.

-Bank!

-In cinema, from the 1970s to the 1990s,

Charles Bronson played a vigilante called Paul Kersey in which series of films?

-Death Wish.

-Bank!

-In the nursery rhyme, whilst the crooked man was walking a crooked mile,

he found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked what?

-Pile.

-Stile. In art, what T is the name of the Polynesian island that was home to the painter...

-Tahiti.

-..Paul Gauguin? Correct.

In pop music, the 2008 release entitled Songs For You, Truths For Me was the second UK hit album

by which English singer-songwriter?

-James Blunt.

-James Morrison.

In food, which species of bird is sometimes listed on menus in British restaurants?

The woodpigeon or the skylark?

-Woodpigeon.

-Bank!

-In TV, of the original members of the cast of Coronation Street in 1960,

which actor remained in the show the longest?

-Pass.

-William Roache.

Which word meaning "motherhood" precedes "department"

for the part of a shop that sells clothing for pregnant women?

-Maternity.

-Bank!

-The Booker Prize for Fiction acquired a new sponsor in 2002

and became officially known by what name?

-Pass.

-Man Booker Prize. What "A" is the general term for the insects

that were formerly the natural source of the pungent, corrosive liquid known as formic acid?

Aphids.

Time's up. The correct answer was "ants" and you won £80. In Round 8, you can treble what you bank.

Before that, time to vote off the WEAKEST Link.

At this crucial stage in the game, Stuart is now the Strongest Link.

The Weakest Link statistically is Cat, but who will survive the final vote?

Voting over. It's time to reveal who you think is the Weakest Link.

Sue.

Stuart.

Cat.

Well, a vote each.

-Stuart, why Cat?

-Cat did bank a lot of money for the team, but she got a few questions wrong as well.

-Cat, why Sue?

-I realised she got a few questions wrong.

-So, Sue, why Stuart?

-I thought he was the Weakest Link.

-Did you?

-Yeah.

-Really?

-Mm-hm.

That was a very unfortunate decision of Sue's

because when the vote's tied, the Strongest Link has to cast the deciding vote.

And the Strongest Link was Stuart who voted for Cat, but has an opportunity now to change his vote.

I think that's what I'll do.

Sue, you are the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

It's a shame to be voted off just before the final,

but I mistakenly voted for the Strongest Link, who I thought was the Weakest Link,

as he had been in the previous round, and so I got my just deserts.

Round 8 and you have £2,330.

90 seconds. Whatever you win is trebled. We'll start with the Strongest Link - that's Stuart.

Let's play the Weakest Link.

Start the clock.

In comedy, the five Marx Brothers were known as Chico, Zeppo, Gummo, Harpo and who?

-Groucho.

-In the House of Commons,

a row of seating described as front or back used by MPs on which to sit side by side

is known by what name?

-Pew.

-Bench. In conversational cliches, the phrase, "Your place or mine,"

is a question more likely to be asked on a date or a trawler?

-On a date.

-Bank!

A piece of piano music by Scott Joplin entitled The Entertainer

was the theme tune to which 1973 film starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford?

-Pass.

-The Sting.

In traditional British food, small sausages wrapped in bacon, served with roast dinners,

are known as pigs in what?

-Pigs in blankets.

-Bank!

-In vocabulary, what T is a word for a violent criminal

that derives from a Hindi term for a band of murderous robbers?

-Thug.

-Bank!

-In reference books, reflecting its Scottish origins,

the logo of the Encyclopaedia Britannica is a representation of which plant?

-Thistle.

-Bank!

-In alcoholic drinks, the cocktail called a matador

is made with which spirit named after a town in western Mexico?

-Tequila.

-Bank!

-The liquid that occupies the space in the eye between the cornea and the lens

is called the aqueous what?

-Pass.

-Humour. At the Gunfight at the OK Corral in 1881, the dentist who put...

Time's up. You won £100. We will treble that.

It gives you prize money today of £2,630.

There can only be one winner. Now up to five questions each. If there's a tie, we'll go for Sudden Death.

So, Cat and Stuart, for £2,630, let's play the Weakest Link.

-Stuart, as the Strongest Link, you have the choice of who goes first.

-I'd like to go first, please, Anne.

Stuart, the 2008 Big Fat Duck Cookbook

that called for ingredients such as golden frankincense tears

and spray-dried carrot powder

was written by which TV chef?

-Heston Blumenthal.

-That is the correct answer.

Cat, at the Olympics, which team sport introduced in 1908 for men

and 1980 for women

was dominated by India in the early years,

but more recently by the Netherlands, Germany and Australia?

-Javelin.

-The correct answer is hockey.

Stuart, in human anatomy, what is the usual four-letter name

of the major constituent of the body

that is sometimes called the cutaneous membrane?

-Skin.

-That is the correct answer.

Cat, in the 1978 film Sextette,

which actress, by then in her 80s, spoke the line,

"Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?"

-Sophia Loren.

-The correct answer is Mae West.

Stuart, in theatre, which West End musical that opened in 1999

is set in and around a taverna on a Greek island

during preparations for a wedding?

-My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

-The correct answer is Mamma Mia.

Cat, in politics, John Key succeeded Helen Clark in 2008

as Prime Minister of which southern hemisphere country?

-Australia.

-No, New Zealand.

Stuart, in children's TV,

in both the original and revamped versions of The Flower Pot Men,

the tortoise character has what name,

reflecting his ponderous motion?

-Slow Mo.

-The correct answer is Slowcoach.

Cat, when assembled in order,

the chemical symbols for hydrogen and silver

spell which three-letter word for an ugly and unpleasant old woman?

-Hag.

-That is the correct answer.

Stuart, in 1999, the Royal Horticultural Society

organised the first in a series of annual flower shows

at which Cheshire estate owned by the National Trust?

-Pass.

-The correct answer is Tatton Park.

Cat, in architecture, the Sears Tower,

which was often listed as the world's tallest building until 1996,

is in which American city?

-New York.

-The correct answer is Chicago.

That means, Stuart, you are today's Strongest Link

and you go away with £2,630.

Cat, you leave with nothing.

Join us again for the Weakest Link. Goodbye.

Friends and family will be really proud of me. Nobody expected me to reach the final. They'll be shocked.

I'm ever so glad I won the Weakest Link today.

Knowing Anne's relationship with the Welsh, I can finally say it's one up to Wales!

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